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E. A. SMITH.

V SMOKING TUBE. No. 281,573. Patented July 17, 1883.

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SMOKlNG- T UBE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 281,573, dated July 17, 1 883. Application filed February 2. 1883. (No model.) l

To aZZ whom it may concern 7 gives a neat finish tothe cartridge. The plug Be it known that I, EDWARD A. SMITH, of or holderG is formed to fit snugly in the end 5 useful Improvement in Smoking- Tubes, of oint. In the plug is a tube, i, of metal or B I which the following is a full, clear, and exact other material that projects at the inner end,

Reference is to be had to the accompanying serted in the tube. The plug serves to close drawings, forming part of this specification, in the joint air-tight, and also as, a means for 5 which similar letters of reference indicate oor- Withdrawing the empty shell. I 5 responding parts in all the figures; If desired, the plug may have a collar to fit Figure 1 is'a side view of the smoking-tube over the tube snugly, with or without a screwand holder. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section thread. I do not limit myself in these reof the tube and cartridge. Fig. 3 is a section spects. I of the cartrid e detached. Fig. 4 represents In the modification shown in Fig. 4, instead 1, 20 a modification. w of a plug to enter the tube A, a ferrule, O, is The tube A may be of an'ysuitableconstruc: shown, into which the cartridge is screwed, tion and made of any suitable material, and and which fits over the end of the'smokin O tube. a 6 5 Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination, with a smoking tube, of a cartridge-holder fitted to the outer end of 70 the tube, and screw threaded to adapt it to be 25 of the tube. The cartridge 1s formed by comtus paper. The. case or shell is closed at one end and provided with holes a for draft, and at its outer end is fitted with a ring I), of as 0 bestus, cork, or other suitable material, this ring having a central aperture. The coverand described.

2. The combination, with the smoking-tube 75 A and the cartridge B, of the plug 0, secured to the outer end of said tube, and provided with the tube z, having its inner end screwthreaded, substantially as herein shown and describe(.

EDWARD A. SMITH.

face of the ring [2, as shown in Fig. 3, so as to retain it. in place. Outside of the asbestus 3 5 paper is a covering, a, of tin or lead foil. In i using the cartridge the asbestus shell, being unconsumed, contains theashes and other refuse, so that on withdrawing the shell the tube is left clean. At the same time the asbestus o prevents the tube from becoming heated and Witnesses:

burned. The outer covering of the foil ren- G. SEDGWIOK, ders the cartridge impervious to moisture and W. S. WALKER. 

